diff --git a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 8828e9a3..24a1530b 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -67,7 +67,25 @@ public function getConfigTreeBuilder()
                             ->booleanNode('stop_buffering')->defaultTrue()->end()// fingers_crossed
                             ->scalarNode('buffer_size')->defaultValue(0)->end() // fingers_crossed and buffer
                             ->scalarNode('handler')->end() // fingers_crossed and buffer
-                            ->scalarNode('publisher')->end() // gelf
+                            ->arrayNode('publisher')
+                                ->canBeUnset()
+                                ->beforeNormalization()
+                                    ->ifString()
+                                    ->then(function($v) { return array('id'=> $v); })
+                                ->end()
+                                ->children()
+                                    ->scalarNode('id')->end()
+                                    ->scalarNode('hostname')->end()
+                                    ->scalarNode('port')->defaultValue(12201)->end()
+                                    ->scalarNode('chunk_size')->defaultValue(1420)->end()
+                                ->end()
+                                ->validate()
+                                    ->ifTrue(function($v) {
+                                        return !isset($v['id']) && !isset($v['hostname']);
+                                    })
+                                    ->thenInvalid('What must be set is either the hostname or the id.')
+                                ->end()
+                            ->end() // gelf
                             ->arrayNode('members') // group
                                 ->canBeUnset()
                                 ->performNoDeepMerging()
@@ -159,6 +177,10 @@ public function getConfigTreeBuilder()
                             ->ifTrue(function($v) { return 'service' === $v['type'] && !isset($v['id']); })
                             ->thenInvalid('The id has to be specified to use a service as handler')
                         ->end()
+                        ->validate()
+                            ->ifTrue(function($v) { return 'gelf' === $v['type'] && !isset($v['publisher']); })
+                            ->thenInvalid('The publisher has to be specified to use a GelfHandler')
+                        ->end()
                     ->end()
                     ->validate()
                         ->ifTrue(function($v) { return isset($v['debug']); })
diff --git a/DependencyInjection/MonologExtension.php b/DependencyInjection/MonologExtension.php
index 3af643f1..5636a847 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/MonologExtension.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/MonologExtension.php
@@ -130,8 +130,22 @@ private function buildHandler(ContainerBuilder $container, $name, array $handler
             break;
 
         case 'gelf':
+            if (isset($handler['publisher']['id'])) {
+                $publisherId = $handler['publisher']['id'];
+            } else {
+                $publisher = new Definition("%monolog.gelf.publisher.class%", array(
+                    $handler['publisher']['hostname'],
+                    $handler['publisher']['port'],
+                    $handler['publisher']['chunk_size'],
+                ));
+
+                $publisherId = 'monolog.gelf.publisher';
+                $publisher->setPublic(false);
+                $container->setDefinition($publisherId, $publisher);
+            }
+
             $definition->setArguments(array(
-                new Reference($handler['publisher']),
+                new Reference($publisherId),
                 $handler['level'],
                 $handler['bubble'],
             ));
diff --git a/Resources/config/monolog.xml b/Resources/config/monolog.xml
index 533f06e2..5e76780e 100644
--- a/Resources/config/monolog.xml
+++ b/Resources/config/monolog.xml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
     <parameters>
         <parameter key="monolog.logger.class">Symfony\Bridge\Monolog\Logger</parameter>
+        <parameter key="monolog.gelf.publisher.class">Gelf\MessagePublisher</parameter>
         <parameter key="monolog.handler.stream.class">Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler</parameter>
         <parameter key="monolog.handler.group.class">Monolog\Handler\GroupHandler</parameter>
         <parameter key="monolog.handler.buffer.class">Monolog\Handler\BufferHandler</parameter>
diff --git a/Resources/config/schema/monolog-1.0.xsd b/Resources/config/schema/monolog-1.0.xsd
index 2af5634d..aeba3a31 100644
--- a/Resources/config/schema/monolog-1.0.xsd
+++ b/Resources/config/schema/monolog-1.0.xsd
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
             <xsd:element name="email-prototype" type="email-prototype" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
             <xsd:element name="member" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
             <xsd:element name="channels" type="channels" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
+            <xsd:element name="publisher" type="publisher" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
         </xsd:sequence>
         <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" />
         <xsd:attribute name="priority" type="xsd:integer" />
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@
         <xsd:attribute name="buffer-size" type="xsd:integer" />
         <xsd:attribute name="max-files" type="xsd:integer" />
         <xsd:attribute name="handler" type="xsd:string" />
-        <xsd:attribute name="publisher" type="xsd:string" />
         <xsd:attribute name="from-email" type="xsd:string" />
         <xsd:attribute name="to-email" type="xsd:string" />
         <xsd:attribute name="subject" type="xsd:string" />
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@
         </xsd:restriction>
     </xsd:simpleType>
 
+    <xsd:complexType name="publisher">
+        <xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:string" />
+        <xsd:attribute name="hostname" type="xsd:string" />
+        <xsd:attribute name="port" type="xsd:integer" />
+        <xsd:attribute name="chunk_size" type="xsd:integer" />
+    </xsd:complexType>
+
     <xsd:complexType name="email-prototype">
         <xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:string" />
         <xsd:attribute name="method" type="xsd:string" />
diff --git a/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php b/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
index 84af068f..a01bc70b 100644
--- a/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
+++ b/Tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ public function testProcessSimpleCase()
 
         $this->assertArrayHasKey('handlers', $config);
         $this->assertArrayHasKey('foobar', $config['handlers']);
-        $this->assertEquals('stream',   $config['handlers']['foobar']['type']);
+        $this->assertEquals('stream', $config['handlers']['foobar']['type']);
         $this->assertEquals('/foo/bar', $config['handlers']['foobar']['path']);
     }
 
     public function provideProcessStringChannels()
     {
         return array(
-            array('foo',  'foo', true),
+            array('foo', 'foo', true),
             array('!foo', 'foo', false)
         );
     }
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ public function testProcessStringChannels($string, $expectedString, $isInclusive
             array(
                 'handlers' => array(
                     'foobar' => array(
-                        'type' =>     'stream',
-                        'path' =>     '/foo/bar',
+                        'type' => 'stream',
+                        'path' => '/foo/bar',
                         'channels' => $string
                     )
                 )
@@ -68,6 +68,43 @@ public function testProcessStringChannels($string, $expectedString, $isInclusive
         $this->assertEquals($expectedString, $config['handlers']['foobar']['channels']['elements'][0]);
     }
 
+    public function provideGelfPublisher()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array(
+                'gelf.publisher'
+            ),
+            array(
+                array(
+                    'id' => 'gelf.publisher'
+                )
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provideGelfPublisher
+     */
+    public function testGelfPublisherService($publisher)
+    {
+        $configs = array(
+            array(
+                'handlers' => array(
+                    'gelf' => array(
+                        'type' => 'gelf',
+                        'publisher' => $publisher,
+                    ),
+                )
+            )
+        );
+
+        $config = $this->process($configs);
+
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('id', $config['handlers']['gelf']['publisher']);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('hostname', $config['handlers']['gelf']['publisher']);
+        $this->assertEquals('gelf.publisher', $config['handlers']['gelf']['publisher']['id']);
+    }
+
     public function testArrays()
     {
         $configs = array(
diff --git a/Tests/DependencyInjection/MonologExtensionTest.php b/Tests/DependencyInjection/MonologExtensionTest.php
index af9b37ef..6d49ffc8 100644
--- a/Tests/DependencyInjection/MonologExtensionTest.php
+++ b/Tests/DependencyInjection/MonologExtensionTest.php
@@ -194,6 +194,28 @@ public function testExceptionWhenUsingBufferWithoutHandler()
         $loader->load(array(array('handlers' => array('main' => array('type' => 'buffer')))), $container);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @expectedException Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Exception\InvalidConfigurationException
+     */
+    public function testExceptionWhenUsingGelfWithoutPublisher()
+    {
+        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $loader = new MonologExtension();
+
+        $loader->load(array(array('handlers' => array('gelf' => array('type' => 'gelf')))), $container);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Exception\InvalidConfigurationException
+     */
+    public function testExceptionWhenUsingGelfWithoutPublisherHostname()
+    {
+        $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+        $loader = new MonologExtension();
+
+        $loader->load(array(array('handlers' => array('gelf' => array('type' => 'gelf', 'publisher' => array())))), $container);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Exception\InvalidConfigurationException
      */